- Date
- January 3, 1968
- Place
- Richland, WA · RICHLAND, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8303UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111524
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2528 68/1/3 RICHLAND,WASH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N8303U PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 32, 910 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 450 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- STRUCK PHONE WIRE ACROSS RIVER. FLEW TO HOME STATION. WILD FOWL COUNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8303U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8303U · 2
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